Southwestern department on volcanic-ash soils, mostly harvested April to June, with a protected profile of high acidity and floral notes.
Cauca lies in the Macizo Colombiano in Colombia's southwest, on soils derived from volcanic ash and cooled by air from the Sotará and Puracé volcanoes. About 90% of the main crop is picked between April and June, and Royal Coffee notes that Cauca and Nariño mostly harvest a single cycle from March to June. Coffee grows at up to about 1,700 m according to the denomination description.
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The denomination description says Cauca's high sunshine creates a water deficit in July and August, which favours flowering.
Processing
Elsewhere in Colombia
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- Colombian Coffee Regions And Varieties · Royal Coffee
- Café de Colombia (Spanish Wikipedia) · Wikipedia